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基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2011. Traces the complex escape routes of some of the most prominent Nazis, including Adolf Eichmann, through the Alps to safety in South America.
Full Description
This is the story of how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of the Second World War by fleeing through the Tyrolean Alps to Italian seaports, and the role played by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers in smuggling them away from prosecution in Europe to a new life in South America. The Nazi sympathies held by groups and individuals within these organizations evolved into a successful assistance network for fugitive criminals, providing them not only with secret escape routes but hiding places for their loot. Gerald Steinacher skillfully traces the complex escape stories of some of the most prominent Nazi war criminals, including Adolf Eichmann, showing how they mingled and blended with thousands of technically stateless or displaced persons, all flooding across the Alpsto Italy and from there, to destinations abroad. The story of their escape shows clearly just how difficult the apprehending of war criminals can be. As Steinacher shows, all the major countries in the post-war world had 'mixed motives' for their actions, ranging from the shortage of trained intelligence personnel in the immediate aftermath of the war to the emerging East-West confrontation after 1947, which led to many former Nazis being recruited as agents turned in the Cold War.
Contents
Introduction ; 1. The Nazi Escape Route Through Italy ; 2. The Co-Responsibility of the International Red Cross ; 3. The Vatican Network ; 4. The Intelligence Service Ratline ; 5. Destination Argentina ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index
